Improvement in blind-bridles



1 the eyes of the horse.

FRANCIS SCHWALM, OF CLARKSVILLE, CALIFORNIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN BLIND-BRIDLES.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 157,352,

dated December l, 1874; application tiled November 14, 1874.

To' atl whom t may concern o Be it known that I, FRANCIS SCHwALM, ofClarksville, in the county of El Dorado and State of California, haveinvented a new and 4 useful Improvementin Blind-Bridles, of which piecesof the bridle so that they operate as cranks on the blinds, which blindsare attached to their upper ends. -It also consists in the constructionand arrangement of the parts hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 represents my improved bridleattached to the horse as when in use. Fig. 2 shows the bridle detached.v

Similar letters of reference indicate correA sponding parts.

A A are the blinds, which are made to cover B B are the cheekpieces withwhich the blinds are connected.

- C is the bit of the bridle, through the ends of which the cheek-piecespass. 'Ihe ends D D of the cheek-pieces have each an eye or ring, F, towhich the lines or reins G are attached. Below the bit the cheek-piecesare bent, so that they act as cranks when the lines are drawn, which actthrows the blind inward and over the horses eyes. H is a strap, whichgoes over the neck behind the ears of the horse. This strap is attachedto the upper ends of the cheek-pieces, as seen in the drawing, and actsas a spring.

By means of this improvement the blinds may, at the will of the driver,be drawn tightly over, and so as to close, the horses eyes, and held inthat posit-ion until the danger is passed.

I do not confine myself to any particular manner of attaching the blindsto the cheekpieces. The cheek-piece may be bent or coiled to formsrings, which are afterward covered to form the blinds 5 or they may bemade adjustable on the cheek-pieces, as may be desired; and the crankends D D may be made separate, and so as to be adjustable on thecheek-pieces, if desired. v

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. A blind-bridle constructed substantially asdescribed that is, having the cheek-pieces B B, blinds A A, and crankends D D made substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination and arrangement of the neck-strap H, bit C` and linesCr Cr with the rigid cheek-pieces B B, substantially for the purposesdescribed.

FRANCIS SCHWALM.

